Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-17
NORTH CAROLINA.
THE srATE aRAxGz-RgPoRrs OF 0TfI-
cERs-MEMBERsHIp.
New Enterprise at Durham-Lifs-Saving
Station Established-Mill Burned
General News Notes.
[spccIal telegram o ,hc pIspatch.l ]

RALEIGH, N. c., December I6--At the
State Grange, which convened in its fif.
teenth annual session Tuesday, at Tar
boro', at the opening twenty-eight repre-
sentatives and thirty-seven oranges were
duly represented. There are sixty-two
oranges on the roll, having total men,
bership of over 1000. Thirty-six
oranges have been organized during the
year. The officers made their reports
including the master, Willis r. VIII
liams. The citizens of Tarboro' and the
oranges and farmers of Edgecombe gave
the State Grange banquet last night.
Articles OF agreement have just been
drawn up for the establishment of a
guano-factOry at Durham under the title
OF the Durham Fertilizer Company.
They are signed by S. L. Morgan, W.
NJ. Morgan, Eugene Morehead, 4. J.
Parrish, J. S. Carr, md a. II, Stokes.
The capital stock is S60,0
A life-saving station has been estab-
lished at Cape Lookout. To-day John
Gaskin, of Beaufort, was appointed
keeper. The establishment of the sta
ton gratifies the people there greatly.
The Grand Lodge of Colored Masons,
which has been in session at Wilmington,
adjourned last night. The order has
considerably increased in numbers du-
ring the past year.
Major Gordons cotton-miil, with ten
bales of cotton and 1000 bushels of
seed, has been burned in Craven county.
Loss, 81 500 insurance, 5000.
The plan of holding fish and oyster
and game fair at NewberDe next month
was to-day definitely abandoned.
j. +. Tiddy 81 Co., general merchants
at Shelby, have assigned.
The Wilmington, Chadbourne and
Conwayboro' railroad was thrown open
to traffic yesterday. 1t is thirty-nine
miles long, and develops rich section.
The surveys of the swamp lands
which are held by the State Board Of
Agriculture have practically ended until
March. General w G. Lewis, the en-
giueer, will work mp his notes on field
work. He has been in camp since last
February. The tracts of lands surveyed
and to be surveyed arc immense. There
are over G00,000 acres. There appears
10 be no doubt that the area OF these
lands is larger than was supposed. In
fact this is the. only real survey ever
made. There are $4,000 acres which are
better suited for cattle than Texas, for
all the year round stock keep fat 1t is
difficult to say what portions of the land
are arabic. In some sections reclama-
ton has produced very favorable results.
Reallyit has only just begun. All the
proceeds of the sales of these swamp
lands go TO the State educational fund.
The layingof steel rail ON the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad progresses
quite rapidly. A quick schedule will be
put in operation june lst next.
The oyster, fish, and game fair, which
closed to-day mt Beaufort has been quite
a revelation to the majority OF the up
country people. The progress of oyster
culture was well illustrated, and oysters
from q wide extent of territory were
shown. Lieutenant Winslow. United
States navy, delivered capital address
last evening before an interested audi
once, in the course of which he showed
mildb lllt AAONtlulltnA dilAl illC t1lult VI
North Carolina were doing in the new
field of the development of oyster cul
ture. The extent Of the taking up" Of
oyster lands is very great and there is n
stimulus 10 the trade. 10 is quite on the
cards that North Carolina will in "A few
years divide the honors with Maryland
and Virginia in the matter of oyster-cul-
ture. This States advantages in other
respects are paralleled by those in this
matter.
There is beginning, in q rather quiet
way, to be talk of Judge John A. Gil
mer, of Greensboro, as a candidate for
Governor on the Democratic ticket. He
is one of those men who make friends,
and warm ones, wherever they go. He
is strong in the eastern section, it is dis
covered.
The Supreme Court will probably hear
some arguments next week, The list OF
appeals from the Eleventh district is a
long one and cannot be concluded this
week. The court will really be in ses-
sion for the preparation of opinions until
Christmas. Thus far one hundred and
twenty opinions have been filed. There
are over four hundred and eighty cases
on the dockets for the term. Many go
over until the next term, which begins
the first Monday in February. About
one hundred and seyenty-fve opinions
will probably be filed at this term.
If the people of Randolph county do
their part of the work they can have
railroad from High Point to Asheboro'.
Such q line would pay and would develop
still further a fine section.